exhaustive list of projects awarded in 2024 globally
At the end of each year Best in Heritage delivers a list of relevant award-winning museum, heritage and conservation projects. Out of this our Board of Advisors approves a final selection of laureates to be featured in Best in Heritage edition and contains around 28 projects in the core programme and 14 projects in the Multimedia / New Technologies segment IMAGINES.
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Hands on! International Association for Children in Museum
Children in Museums Award 2024
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The Museum of Solutions (MuSo), Mumbai, India
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The Society for the History of Technology
Dibner Award 2024
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to be announced
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2024 UNESCO-Jikji Memory of the World Prize
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National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Systematic Public Library of the Year Award 2024
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Beijing Library, Beijing, China
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International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art - CIMAM
CIMAM Award for Outstanding Museum Practices 2024
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Istanbul Museum of Modern Art | Following a Dream, Istanbul, Turkey
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Museum of Modern Art | Inclusion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Art, Kyiv, Ukraine
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International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Keck Award 2024
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Centro TAREA and Escuela de Arte y Patrimonio, National University of San Martin, Ministry of Culture of the Nation and Municipality of 25 de Mayo | Santiago Maldonado Murals: Memory Preservation and Community Participation in a Collective Project, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums
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europe
European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024
Conservation & Adaptive Reuse
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Royale Belge Building, Brussels, Belgium
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Schulenburg Mansion, Gera, Germany
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Ignacy Historic Mine, Rybnik, Poland
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Saxon Church in Alma Vii, Romania
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St. Michael’s Church, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Snow Wells, Sierra Espuña, Spain
Research
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NewsEye: A Digital Investigator for Historical Newspapers, Austria/Finland/France/Germany
Education, Training & Skills
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Teryan Cultural Center – Empowering Armenian Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, Yerevan, Armenia
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Boulouki – Travelling Workshop on Traditional Building, Greece
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Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme, Ireland
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Serfenta Crafts Revitalisation Model, Cieszyn, Poland
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White Carpentry School, Narros del Castillo, Spain
Citizens’ Engagement & Awareness-raising
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The Square Kilometre, Ghent, Belgium
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The Silence that Tore Down the Monument, Kamenska, Croatia
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Preserving the Community Halls for Local Civil Society Activities, Finland
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Fortified Castles of Alsace Association, France
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Citizens’ Rehabilitation of the Tsiskarauli Tower, Akhieli, Georgia
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International Festival of Classical Theatre for Youth, Syracuse, Italy
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Foundation for the Conservation of the Historical Estate Ockenburgh, The Hague, The Netherlands
Heritage Champions
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Society of Friends of Dubrovnik Antiquities, Croatia
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Else “Sprossa” Rønnevig, Lillesand, Norway
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Piotr Gerber PhD, Wrocław, Poland
Europa Nostra Awards 2024 for outstanding projects from the UK
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Gideon Tapestries, Hardwick Hall (Conservation & Adaptive Reuse category)
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Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, Shrewsbury (Conservation & Adaptive Reuse category)
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Westminster Hall, London (Conservation & Adaptive Reuse category)
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Marcus Binney CBE, OBE Hon FRIBA FSA (Heritage Champions category)
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European Museum Forum
EMYA - European Museum of the Year Award 2024
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Sámi Museum Siida, Inari, Finland
The Council of Europe Museum Prize 2024
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Sybir Memorial Museum, Białystok, Poland
The Kenneth Hudson Award for Institutional Courage and Professional Integrity 2024
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Ihor Poshyvailo, Director General of the National Memorial to the Heavenly Hundred Heroes and Revolution of Dignity Museum (Maidan Museum), Ukraine
Portimão Museum Prize for Welcoming, Inclusion and Belonging 2024
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Salt Museum, Messolonghi, Greece
Silletto Prize for Community Participation and Engagement 2024
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Kalamaja Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
Meyvaert Museum Prize for Environmental Sustainability 2024
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Museum of the Home, London, United Kingdom
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European Museum Academy
Art Museum Award 2024
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
DASA Award 2024
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MARQ Provincial Archaeological Museum of Alicante, Spain
Luigi Micheletti Award 2024
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Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense, Denmark
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Art Fund Prize
Museum of the Year 2024
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Young V&A, Greater London, United Kingdom
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Museums + Heritage Awards 2024
Judges’ Special Recognition Award
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Research Centre for Museums and Galleries | University of Leicester
Innovator of The Year
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PinPoint Visualisation Ltd. | Voyager Art
Sector Support Award
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Sam Bowen | SEND in Museums - inclusion for everyone
Café or Restaurant of The Year
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The Bowes Museum | Café Bowes
Visitor Welcome Award
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Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
Sustainable Project of The Year
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Manchester Museum and Museum Development North West (MDNW) | Roots and Branches
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The Scottish Crannog Centre | 1000 Fingerprints 1000 Voices
Best Use of Digital – International
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Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) | Stories from the skies: Te Kōtiu immersive projection experience
Best Use of Digital – UK
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The Mary Rose Trust | Dive 4D: The Mary Rose Museum
Team of The Year
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The Powell-Cotton Museum Skulls on the move!
Community Engagement Programme of The Year
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History of Science Museum & Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford University) MultakaOxford
International Exhibition of The Year
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam | Mission Masterpiece at the Rijksmuseum - Are you discovering a new masterpiece?
Learning Programme of The Year
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Horniman Museum and Gardens Secondary School Programme
Partnership of The Year
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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: a partnership between the Mary Rose Trust and the National Museum of the Royal Navy
Restoration or Conservation Project of The Year
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The Churches Conservation Trust Bees, Bodies, Bodley | The (Re)Birth of Sudbury Arts Centre
Shop of The Year
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Shakespeare's Globe - The Globe Shop
Volunteers of the Year
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Suffolk Archives/Suffolk County Council | Kamal Faizi - Suffolk Archives and Volunteering Matters
Permanent Exhibition of The Year > £80K
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Manchester Museum | South Asia Gallery: a British Museum partnership
Permanent Exhibition of The Year < £80K
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Leeds Museums and Galleries and the Leeds Hip Hop Historian Society | A Hip Hop Journey: 50 Years of Kulture
Temporary or Touring Exhibition of The Year
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Migration Museum - Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS
Marketing + Communications Campaign of The Year
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The Tank Museum | YouTube & The Creator Economy
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Family Friendly Museum Awards 2024
Best Large Museum + Overall Winner
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Young V&A, London
Best Small Museum
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National Civil War Centre, Newark
Best Medium Museum
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Turner Contemporary, Margate
Best Accessible Museum
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The Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
Best Museum Youth Group
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Tees Valley Museums
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VriendenLoterij Museumprijs 2024
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Dutch Open Air Museum, Arnhem
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Associação Portuguesa de Museologia
Portugese Museum of the Year 2024
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Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto
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Swedish Museum Association / ICOM Sweden
Museum of the Year 2024
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Maritime Museum Aquarium, Gothenburg
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Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport Austria
Österreichische Museumspreis 2024
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Graz Museum, Graz
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Živa Awards
The Best Slavic Museum 2024
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Regional Museum of History Ruse, Bulgaria.
Živa Award for the Best Slavic Heritage Site 2024
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Bled Castle, Bled, Slovenia
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Finnish Museums Association & ICOM Finland
Finnish Museum of the Year 2024
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Sámi Museum and Northern Lapland Nature Centre Siida
Museum Publication of the Year
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Riihisaari – for the book Lintuvillaoita Savonlinna
Special Award of the Year
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Varkaus Museum Centre Konsti
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Estonian Museum Awards 2024
...to be announced
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Norwegian Museum Association
Norwegian Museum of The Year 2024
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Jektefartsmuseet, Bodø
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Museums Association United Kingdom
Best Museums Change Lives Project
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Manchester Art Gallery – Families of the World
Best Small Museum Project
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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery – Illuminating Invisible Histories: Flavours Without Borders
Championing Social Justice Award
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Perth Museum, Culture Perth & Kinross – Unicorn
Radical Changemaker Award
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Marian Gwyn
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European Cultural Tourism Network / Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism Awards 2024
Accessibility to Heritage, in partnership with ENAT-European Network for Accessible Tourism
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Cittadella Visitor Accessibility | Historia Travel for Cittadella City Council, Italy
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Wow - Wonderful Wintergarden | Kempens Landschap, Belgium
Intangible Heritage, including Festivals, for Sustainable Cultural Tourism
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Ireland's Dingle Peninsula Cultural Calendar of Events
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Digitalisation advances and digital transition in Smart and Sustainable Cultural Tourism
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Digital Spotlight Heritage Timisoara | Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Transnational Thematic Tourism Products, on Culture and Heritage
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Camino Portugues Coastal Hiking Route | Follow the Camino, Ireland
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Coastal and Maritime Heritage for Sustainable Cultural Tourism
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CLARE: A Coast, a Car, an Audio Guide, at West Coast of County Clare, (Wild Atlantic Way) |Cultural Roadmapp, Ireland
Public Choice
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A transient legacy - digitalization of the Silesian regional mining heritage | Coal Mining Museum at Zabrze, Poland
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ICOM Russia Museum Olymp Awards 2024
Exhibition
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Museum of Russian Impressionism | The author is unknown. Touch the main thing, Moscow
Museum for children
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Perm Art Gallery | Chemistry of art (a series of educational exhibitions for children), Perm
Museum Event
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Norilsk Museum | "Always a new city. Museum Night 2024 in Norilsk, Norilsk
Modernity in the museum
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Moscow Transport Museum | Exhibition "I'll buy a garage", Moscow
Exposure
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Nevsky Zastava Museum | The outpost at the turn of the ages, Saint Petersburg
Russian Museum of the Year 2024
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Branch office of the Tretyakov Gallery in Samara, Samara
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Collections Trust Award 2024
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2024 Sandford Awards UK
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Airfield Estate
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All England Lawn Tennis Club & Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
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Benjamin Franklin House
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Bletchley Park
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Bowhill House & Grounds
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Brontë Parsonage Museum
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Butser Ancient Farm
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Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens
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Fishbourne Roman Palace
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Gunnersbury Park Museum
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Herschel Museum of Astronomy
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Hill of The O’Neill & Ranfurly House, Arts & Visitor Centre
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Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, Historic Royal Palaces
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Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
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M&S Archive
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Mont Orgueil Castle
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Mrs Smith's Cottage
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National Army Museum
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No. 1 Royal Crescent
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Oxford Castle and Prison
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Roman Baths
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Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson
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Royal Collection Trust, Palace of Holyroodhouse and The King’s Gallery, Edinburgh
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Royal Collection Trust, The Royal Mews, The King's Gallery and The State Rooms, Buckingham Palace
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Royal Collection Trust, Windsor Castle
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Selly Manor Museum
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Shire Hall Museum
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SS Great Britain Trust
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St Mary’s Guildhall
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The Amelia
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The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
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The John Moore Museum
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The Mary Rose Trust
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The Postal Museum
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The Time and Tide Museum
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Ufton Court Educational Trust
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Whitby Abbey, English Heritage
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asia & pacific
Chinese Museums Association
Most Innovative Museums in China Award 2024
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Inner Mongolia Museum
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Museum of Wu
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Tsinghua University Art Museum
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2024 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
Award of Excellence
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Inari-yu Bathhouse Restoration Project, Tokyo, Japan
Award of Distinction
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Gunan Street Historic Block Conservation Project, Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Abathsahayeshwarar Temple Conservation Project, Thukkatchi, Tamil Nadu, India
Award of Merit
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Guanyin Hall Teahouse Conservation Project, Sichuan Province, China
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Helou Pavilion Conservation Project, Shanghai, China
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BJPCI Conservation Project, Mumbai, India
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Observatory Tower Conservation Project, Christchurch, New Zealand
Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts
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Rabindhorn Building, Bangkok, Thailand
Special Recognition for Sustainable Development
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Gunan Street Historic Block Conservation Project, Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Helou Pavilion Conservation Project, Shanghai, China
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Japanese Association of Museums Award 2024
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Otaru Museum, Otaru City, Hokkaido, Japan
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ICCROM-Sharjah Award for Good Practices 2023-2024
Grand Award
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Managing Libya’s Cultural Heritage - Restoring Ghadames: Creation of the Visitor Centre (MaLiCH Project), Libya
Honorary Awards
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Conservation of the Historic Al-Qaisariyya Bazaar in Gaza City, Palestine
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A Legacy of a Lexicon: The Conservation, Documentation, and Management of the Ahmed Pasha Kamal Dictionary | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
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Traditional Building Apprenticeship: Building National Capacities for the Preservation of Urban Heritage in the Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
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Sharjah Rock Art Documentation: From Traditional to Digital, United Arab Emirates
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The Restoration of the Touqan House – the scholar Qadri and the poets Fadwa and Ibrahim Touqan, Nablus, Palestine
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2024 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA)
Projects: Organisations With Paid Staff
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Griffith University Art Museum for Taring Padi: Tanah Tumpah Darah
Projects: Organisations Volunteer Run
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Yimbaya Maranoa Arts Collection for The Mount Moffatt Residency, 2023 – Time on Country
Engagement: Organisations With Paid Staff
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The Condensery, Somerset Regional Art Gallery for Healing Garden
Sustainability: Organisations with Paid Staff
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Queensland Museum for Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan publication in partnership with visual artist, Dylan Sarra
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2024 Victorian Museum Awards
Volunteer-run Project of the Year
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Ballarat Tramway Museum | Creating a Contemporary and Accessible Tramway Museum
Small Project of the Year (Museum)
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RMIT Culture / RMIT University | RMIT Artothek
Small Project of the Year (Gallery)
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Burrinja Cultural Centre x Bogong Centre for Sound Culture | Between Two Sites
Medium Project of the Year (Museum)
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National Wool Museum | We the Makers
Medium Project of the Year (Gallery)
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The University of Melbourne | Nightshifts at Buxton Contemporary
Large Project of the Year
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Melbourne Holocaust Museum | Hidden Seven Children Saved
Martin Hallett Award for Community Engagement
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Neville Quick | Museums Victoria
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IMAGinE Awards 2024
Exhibition Projects – Galleries and Visual Arts / Small or Volunteer Galleries
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Ngununggula, Southern Highlands Regional Gallery | New Dog Old Tricks
Exhibition Projects – Galleries and Visual Arts / Medium
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New England Regional Art Museum | Fluid Flax
Exhibition Projects / Major Metropolitan Institutions
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Australian Museum | Her Name is Nanny Nellie
Exhibition Projects – Museums and Heritage / Volunteer Organisations
Batemans Bay Heritage Museum | A Tale of Two Valves
Exhibition Projects – Museums and Heritage / Small Organisations
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Tweed Regional Museum | Supertonic
Exhibition Projects – Museums and Heritage / Medium Organisations
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Yarrila Arts and Museum | Yaamanga Around Here
Engagement Programs / Small and Volunteer Organisations
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Hawkesbury Regional Museum | 11 Stories From the River Dyarubbin
Engagement Programs / Medium Organisations
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Wagga Wagga Art Gallery | Green 2023: Year of Environmental Exhibitions and Programs
Engagement Programs / Large Organisations
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Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Blacktown Arts| Lifting the Tapu
Accessible Arts Award for Access and Inclusion / Engagement Projects
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Gosford Regional Gallery | Studio Gossie
Accessible Arts Award for Access and Inclusion / Exhibition Projects
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Blue Mountains Cultural Centre | sensorial
Volunteer Achievement Award
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Rachel Burns, Nambucca Headland Museum | Nambucca Heads Railway Station Centenary
The ACHAA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to NSW Aboriginal Culture, Heritage and Arts
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Donna Biles Fernando
The ACHAA Award for Excellence by an Aboriginal Curator
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Meagan Gerrard, Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation | Secrets of Dawn
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2024 Museums and Galleries National Awards (MAGNA)
Art of Expression Award
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Maitland Regional Art Gallery | CrownLand
Digital Interface Award
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Australian National Maritime Museum | Garrigarrang Garaguru: Saltwater Cloud
Moving image Award
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Museums Victoria | Science is a Superpower
Virtual Canvas Award
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Murrook Cultural Centre | Experience Murrook, Change Forever: The Worimi Story
Community Connection Award
Group 1
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Australian Museum | Her Name is Nanny Nellie
Group 2
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Yarra Ranges Regional Museum | Hard Place/Good Place: Yarra Ranges
Group 3
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Australian Museum | Wansolmoana Exhibition Engagement
Exhibiting Excellence
Group 1
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Tweed Regional Museum | Supertonic
Group 2
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State Library of NSW | Pride [R]evolution
Group 3
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Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country
First Nation Award
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Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country Nyamba Buru Yawuru | Wanggajarli
Burugun (We Are Coming Home)
Social Impact
Group 1
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New England Regional Art Museum | Winter Blooming Festival
Group 2
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Melbourne Holocaust Museum | Hidden: Seven Children Saved
Best in Show
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Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country Nyamba Buru Yawuru | Wanggajarli Burugun (We Are Coming Home)
People's Choice Award
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Babinda Museum | Building Babinda Museum
2024 ICOM Australia Award
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Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney
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north america
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Medals for Museum and Library Service 2024
Libraries
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The Copper Queen Library (Bisbee, AZ)
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DC Public Library (Washington, DC)
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Griswold Memorial Library (Colrain, MA)
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Harris County Public Library (Houston, TX)
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Kent District Library (Comstock Park, MI)
Museums
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (Tucson, AZ)
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Children’s Museum Houston (Houston, TX)
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Discovery Museum (Acton, MA)
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The Louis Armstrong House Museum (Queens, NY)
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Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (Pittsburgh, PA)
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American Alliance of Museums
Chair’s Leadership Award 2024
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Carlos Tortolero and National Museum of Mexican Art
Recognition for Programs:
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COSI: Color of Science
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Boston Children’s Museum: You, Me, We!
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Art Bridges Cohort (Smithsonian American Art Museum, Western Museum Partners): Many Wests
Recognition for Institutions:
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First Americans Museum
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Canadian Museums Association Awards 2024
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...to be announced
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2024 Governor General’s History Awards Canada
2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Museums: History Alive!
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Chinese Canadian Museum, Vancouver, Canada
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Alberta Museums Association
Robert R. Janes Award for Social Responsibility 2024
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...to be announced
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Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC)
Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Awards 2024
Organizational Awards
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American Museum of Natural History, New York
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver
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Don Harrington Discovery Center, Amarillo
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Explora, Albuquerque
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Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh
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Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, Santa Cruz
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Terre Haute Children’s Museum, Terre Haute
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The Wild Center, Tupper Lake
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multimedia and new technologies
Heritage in Motion Awards 2024
New Digital Experience Category & Heritage in Motion 2024
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Deutschlandmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Virtual and Augmented Reality Award 2024
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Codex 4D: Journey in Four Dimensions into the Manuscript, Italy
Heritage Audiovisuals Award 2024
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Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga | In Our Care. The Keeper’s Choice – Portugal
Heritage Schools Award 2024
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Muzej pošte in telekomunikacij | Evolution of Telephones, Slovenia
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F@IMP Awards 2024 by AVICOM
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... to be announced in 2025
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2024 Webby Awards
Cultural Institutions / Websites and Mobile Sites
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Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art Website Redesign | idfive
AI, Metaverse & Virtual / Arts, Fashion & Culture
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The iii Museum - An Immersive Art Experience for Iranian Artists | SERVICEPLAN GERMANY
Social, Education & Science (Campaigns) / Public Service, Social Impact & Activism (Video)
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The Undeniable Truth | US Holocaust Memorial Museum
AI, Metaverse & Virtual / Arts, Culture & Events
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Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience Museum | EskewDumezRipple
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Shorty Awards 2024
Overall Presence / YouTube Presence / Gold
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The Museum of Modern Art | MoMA's YouTube Channel
Strategy & Engagement / Micro-Influencer Strategy / Gold
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FCB Kinnect, Lenovo x Intel | Museum of the Future
Strategy & Engagement / Storytelling / Gold
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Formerly Known As (FKA Creative Agency) Impatient Cow Productions, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | The
Undeniable Truth
Video / Documentary / Silver
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The Museum of Modern Art | How to See Like a Machine: How artists are using and confronting AI
Video / Product Feature Video / Audience Honor / Gold
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FCB Kinnect, Lenovo x Intel | Museum of the Future
Video / Short Form Video / Bronze
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Formerly Known As (FKA Creative Agency) Impatient Cow Productions, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | The Undeniable Truth
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Museums in Short Award 2024
Most voted video by popular Jury Award
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Museo del Prado | The Female Perspective, Madrid, Spain
Museums in Short Award 2024
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Museum of Bećarac | Carnival Masks, Pleternica, Croatia
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